Posted on 06/30/2026 3:30:24 PM PDT by Libloather
It’s the kind of discovery that sounds more Indiana Jones than archaeology lab.
Researchers digging in Israel say they may have uncovered ruins linked to the Ark of the Covenant — the gold-covered biblical chest said to have held the Ten Commandments.
The Ark is described in scripture as a sacred chest built by the Israelites after their Exodus from Egypt. It was kept in the Tabernacle, a portable sanctuary some scholars date to around 1445 BC.
According to the Bible, Moses himself placed the stone tablets inside.
And then — like a divine disappearing act — it vanishes from the biblical record before the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.
Now, archaeologists with Associates for Biblical Research (ABR) say they may have found new clues at biblical Shiloh, an ancient site in the West Bank linked to early Israelite worship.
Shiloh is described in scripture as the place where the Tabernacle stood for more than 300 years, making it one of the most important religious centers in early biblical history.
And this season, the dig has turned up something big.
Researchers say they’ve uncovered additional walls from a massive structure that may be part of the Tabernacle complex, along with worship-related artifacts and newly identified fortifications that could help piece together the ancient city’s layout.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Jeremiah tells us that the Lord destroyed Shiloh (Jeremiah 7:12-14 among others). The Ark isn’t there, and probably not much left from the Tabernacle, which was a cloth enclosure with a wooden frame.
Bottom line: These finds don't bring up any closer to "finding" the Ark of the Covenant. We know already that a tabernacle was maintained at Shiloh for hundreds of years. Doesn't mean we'll find the Ark there. File this under "C" for "clickbait".
As retirement jobs I worked at two different Amazon warehouses. They make the warehouse in that picture look dinky by comparison.
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Researchers digging in Israel say they may have uncovered ruins linked to the Ark of the Covenant...
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And then -- like a divine disappearing act -- it vanishes from the biblical record before the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.
Now, archaeologists with Associates for Biblical Research (ABR) say they may have found new clues at biblical Shiloh... (שלה)
It all links up like magic:
אַשְׁלָיָה
illusion; deception
root: ש-ל-ה
As far as the abbreviation is constructed (ארה"ב) for the
United States, lit. lands of the covenant...
ארצות הברית
...the pattern fits for the Ark of the Covenant:
ארון הברית
Then there are these puns on "ark", of
Ark-aeologists... digging in Eretz [ארץ] Israel, the land, the earth... for evidence of the Ark.
.. along with the account that Jeremiah hid the Ark in a cave-house (οἶκον ἀντρώδη), so it could have been full of holes, or at least one big enough for a Mac truck to drive through:
6 And some of those that followed him came to mark the way, but they could not find it.
7 Which when Jeremy perceived, he blamed them, saying, As for that place, it shall be unknown until the time that God gather his people again together, and receive them unto mercy.
8 Then shall the Lord shew them these things, and the glory of the Lord shall appear, and the cloud also, as it was shewed under Moses, and as when Solomon desired that the place might be honourably sanctified.
Continuing with the ark puns, for some reason a verse in Jeremiah was written in Aramaic:
Jer 10:11
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth [ארק],even they shall perish from the earth [ארע], and from under these heavens.
H778, ar-ak used only in the above verse:
אֲרַק ʼăraq, ar-ak'; (Aramaic) by transmutation for H772; the earth:—earth.
H772
אֲרַע ʼăraʻ, ar-ah'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H776; the earth; by implication (figuratively) low:—earth, interior.
ארק, ארע, ארץ
Weird. It's as if the "ark" IS the land, because
In the Aramaic, an ayin ("eye") had been changed into a kuf (an "eye/hole of a needle", in Aramaic).
Monkey business.
It starts small, like when a camel's nose pokes under a tent.
Transmutation.
It's not a word that pops up every day, yet...
Who is it, exactly, Who writes the scripts? I remember learning that intel from a 1959 Disney movie:
"In canis corpore transmuto."
Wise men say:
In Greek, "Philosopher's Stone" = 1737 (Φιλοσοφική λίθος)
Which is the code sprayed right onto the crate of the Ark for opening the top secret "do not open" box:
To open a standard Master Lock dial combination padlock: Turn the dial right three times and stop on the first number. Turn left one full turn, passing the first number, and stop on the second number. Turn right directly to the third number and pull the shackle.
+ 990 - 6 + 753 = 1737
This is a Hebrew artifact. In previous posts, I've shown where a key was placed there as well. In case anyone missed it:
it's the abbreviation for the United States, US --
יואס
--->
מפתח, "key"
There's a simple chart right on that page.
"Because there is only one way to perform this (which means there is only one possibility), the Atbash cipher provides no communications security, as it lacks any sort of key."
Yet some of those that followed him came to mark the way, but they could not find it.
Thanks for the pings!
Buried lead:
“Despite the buzz, researchers caution that no Ark of the Covenant has been found — and there is still no definitive proof that the structure is the biblical Tabernacle.”
Well, I suppose it's to be expected. We're all heading into July, aka the dog days of summer,
which in ancient times 'coincided' with the oh-so-predictable annual flood of de Nile.
Ironically, this trusty, established cycle kept everyone alive.
Of course, as surely as the Sun rises in the east, everyone is able to predict what the perpetual doubters will say --
You can't be Sirius.
A bit tenuous.
CC
It’s a gruel gruel world!
Over the years I have become cautious about such claims till more proof is found that they are not fake.
In the past, ATHEIST GROUPS have often put forward ridiculous “finds” just to see how fast such a claim could spread through the Christian Community as “fact”.
A typical claim was years go the Russians had “accidentally drilled into Hell” and heard the screams of the condemned.
Another one was of MASS GRAVES at Canadian Catholic Schools which got lots of churches burned.
No mass graves were ever found.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/five-years-kamloops-graves-announcement-100004313.html
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/no-evidence-of-mass-graves-or-genocide-in-residential-schools
Ark of the Covenant — the gold-covered biblical chest said to have held the Ten Commandments.
And only one news paper prints about huh Moe.
LOL 😂
Jesus of course is the fulfillment of the Ark, where he will sit on the Mercy Seat Throne and rule and reign as Lord of Lords and King of Kings and as our High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek forever.
However, if I were searching for the physical Ark of the Covenant. I would look for it beginning at Anathoth. Where Jeremiah was told by God to purchase a specific plot of land and bury the deed in clay jars so that it would last a long time, (as in ‘dead sea scrolls’ long time.)
I believe this is what is shown happening in Revelation Chapter 5 where the Court of Heaven, the Sanhedrin, goes into session adjudicating ownership of the Earth which Satan is attempting to steal away from Gods approaching Jubilee. And here we see where the Court is searching for anyone worthy who could have a better claim to the title deed of the Earth. They even look under the Earth. Angels being sent to retrieve this documentation from the buried clay jars perhaps?
I would search in some direction or orientation between Mt. Nebo and Anathoth. Possibly aligned from where Moses stood viewing the Promised Land, from the highest point?
Jeremiah had access to his family and the Temple Priests also from Anathoth, he had Leviticus Chapter 26:31-33 as a warning but also given direct foreknowledge from God about the coming Temple destruction. And then God makes this seemingly odd request of him to purchase a field. Reminding us of how David was told to ‘purchase’ the land where the Temple was built despite the owner willing to give it freely. Acquiring ‘legal ownership’ admissible in the Court of Heaven, before the Throne Room of God. God is no mans debtor,
“Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.” - Job 41:11
Just conjecture.
If this is so, then the Ark is unlikely to ever be discovered until such a time as the end of the age is actively unfolding, as it is written.
Also concerning this story above, in the book of Revelation, we see where Satan is blaspheming the Tabernacle (Jesus) and also those with Jesus in heaven. Not Earth dwellers, but rather those who ‘dwell in heaven’ which should cause anyone to consider what may have changed for these people to now attract Satan’s attention.
“And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.” - Revelation 13:6
A Tabernacle may be a Temple, but would anyone ever call a permanent housed stone structured Temple a portable tent Tabernacle? Imagine how quickly Israel could raise up such a tent structure into the very place where it once stood for four-hundred years in the past. Standing where it ought not.
“And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.” - Leviticus 26:31-33
“And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.” - Jeremiah 32:9
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